Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-30
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~ II this beautiful city BY the SEA
~ iomsuse number was made Mp OF oil
- end conditions IL would naturally
rGoeosouted with IL full quota, and 1t
0obly was, but for one day II wes on Its
- behavior, and there VS. not single
nftance during Sunday. Il
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49, ohss this b prohibition town on Sun.
-. n %. he h mistaken. Tho authorities
raSGo queer construction on the Sunday
-. All beee saloons, restaurants and hotels
= Allowed 70 sell liquor openly, and at oil
Hnn6nes plsces on the board walk goods are
2kpossd Of the same - on week daya The
~ n drawn, however, on the /" Merry 60
nouud," better known - the flying carriages.
3nese popular features Of . watering place
nuse close at II o'clock on Saturday night
ond remain closed until Monday morning.
4 restriction 10 also placed on the board
walk merchants on sunday. Their Shark.
ossr get holiday, for under the New Jersey
Iaw, they are not allowed to sing out the
merits OF their respective goods on that day.
SUNDAY OPENINGS.
Tho authorities also say to the proprietors
& the numerous variety pavilions You can
remain open all day sunday, sell all the
posr and whisky you can, but you must not
have secular music, and II you must have
music, the only kind allowed IL sacred. The
results 20 far - the pavilions are concerned
er0 big crowds every Sunday. Their pro-
Rramme starts OIL with selection Of sacred
music, but before long one will hear the
popular airs of the day. The proprietors,
however, are not interfered with. There Is
scarcely ever policeman seen on the board
walk. The mayor Of the city on SUNDAY
took stroll around TO see that his instruc-
tons were carried out About the time b,
struck the walk, the word was passed alonl
the line that the mayor was making An in
spoctiou, and - he reached the first pavilion
he heard one Of the finest Of sacred musi
SELECTIONS. SO 1t was at the second and thir
end at ali of them. BY the time he arrived
the Last pavilion at the first one was bein
played one Of the catching airs of the day.
THE GREAT RESORT.
The great resort on Sunday evening Il
strangers 10 Schauffer's beer garden. 1t has
seating capacity for over !, 500 people at table
in the beautiful garden, and on Sunday To-
there were over double that number ther,
While seated at . table number OF Lanca,
TRANS were noticed scattered through th
audience. One Of Lancaster's prominer
German citizens app proached the writer, an
tho first question he propounded Wal
"Whst would they think In Lancaster
several thousand people were gsthere
around tables drinking beer on Sunday ever
ing % they are doing here?' The scrib
gave It up, and our German friend, who il
very intelligent man, went on to argue an
prove that there was less harm In peopl
going toa place like Schaufier's and drinkin
their beer openly than in sneaking into cu
houses and remaining there until they q
full.
TIE music at this place Is the finest at tn
resort, and those who drink beer say IL
the best In the city. The place il kept op,
until midnight and the average daily sale
sto2t 40 barrels.
There are many colored well to do peop
from Philadelphia and Baltimore visit Il
cit each summer. There are two hotels he
kept by colored men to accommodate theI
As rule they go in bathing by themselves
but one will occasionally see one Of the
bathing In the crowd in front OF the favori
bathing pavilions.
ONLY TWO BRICK BUILDINGS.
In all Atlantic City there are but two brio
buildings, the bank and q machine sho
Many houses were built during the past ye
and many more are under contract to |
Quilt during THIS coming winter, among thel
scOuple OF large hotels
There arc three things that many OF Ii
mon at least come to Atlantic City for eac
season-bsthing, fishing and grabbing, an
In these three particulars Atlantic City stand
at the head Of all Otber resorts on the Atlsnt
coast An hours grabbing with ordinar
luck, q party Of five ought to catch III
Fishing IL also good this week unusuall
20, and as for bathing the beach cannot b
excelled.
As q rule, the rates for board are high, bu
there are dozsns OF good hotels and boardin
houses in the city where accommod ati ion
can be had at q reasonable price.
The daily programme here il q bath or IA
on the ocean in the morning, sleep in II
afternoon and prone made the board walk
the evening II there are no hops TO attend.
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